Cenacle Journal
Posted in Mindfulness, Prayer, Presence, Turned Toward God on Nov 5th, 2011
Fall is appearing here in North Florida, but you have to look closely to see the signs. Some of the evergreens, like the live oaks, have taken on a slightly more muted green. Others, such as the dogwoods and swamp maples are or will be changing color, their reds, however, almost submerged by the predominant [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Prayer, Religious life on Oct 10th, 2011
Between 1877 and 1926, the Cenacle had only one Superior General: Mother Marie-Aimée Lautier. Imagine! 49 years leading the congregation. (Today twelve years is the limit.) Many changes took places during her time, including opening thirty Cenacles in several countries. Several of these communities were in the United States. One thing that did not change, [...]
Posted in Prayer on Sep 14th, 2011
Do you ever feel as if your prayer is clumsy and inadequate? I do, so I was consoled to run across the following passage by Michael Casey: Prayer is strange in being an activity where no success is possible. There is no perfect prayer — except insofar as it corresponds to one’s real situation and [...]
Posted in Prayer, Prayers, Religious life on Aug 4th, 2011
We chanted the following prayer tonight, and I thought you might also like to pray it. For those familiar with Compline, you will recognize the first two and the last two lines. The other sources of the prayer are multiple. Visit this house, O God, that no evil may reside here. Cleanse our hearts and [...]
When one is in pain or deep sorrow, it can be tempting to try a little magic. I’m not talking about black magic or about casting spells, but rather about the kind of magic to which good Christians sometimes resort. This magic is the attempt to treat prayer as if it were an incantation that [...]
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